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US Plant Patent PP18459

Wheeling

Avocado tree named ‘Wheeling’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 30, 2026. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on August 17, 2025. This patent earned 225 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP18459, the photograph of Wheeling printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18459, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

The record

Patent number
PP18459
Filed
August 17, 2005
Granted
January 22, 2008
Expires
March 30, 2026
Assignee
BROOKS NEAL PALMER
Inventor
BROOKS NEAL PALMER

Abstract

The Wheeling' avocado, which is a result of cross-pollination of the ‘Monroe’ and the ‘Brooks Late’ varieties, is of medium size, average 12-16 ounces and being about 4.75 inches in length, and has overall good eating qualities. The fruit matures and can be picked in February to early March. The fruit is an ovate berry that has a hard shelled, smooth textured, exocarp that is dark green.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

1. A new and distinct variety of avocado tree substantially as described and illustrated and characterized as to novelty by its overall good eating qualities, its medium size and its being ready to be picked in February to early March.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP18459 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.